Thank you ArmorPlate108.

I'm going to start practicing this. I'll carry something with me, something on my key ring because it's always in my pocket.

I'll do the focused grounded thing when she gets in my head.

That little email from her was the perfect example of the "See.... I've been completely reasonable, and he's just so reactive," that she wanted to produce.

The thing is, right now, I'm not good at keeping it together. When I finally began calling out each little manipulation in our final months together, I know I gave her the ammunition and "fix" she was looking for.

I'm so, so on edge when I interact with her.

That also makes my thinking cloudy., which works to her favor.